Rainfall and Sloth Births in May, Q Fever in July, Cayenne, French Guiana

Authors :: Félix Djossou
Didier Raoult
Aba Mahamat
Carole Eldin
Source :: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92:979-981
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015.
Abstract: Q fever in French Guiana is correlated with the rainy season. We found a 1- to 2-month lagged correlation between Q fever incidence and the number of births of three-toed sloth. This result strengthens the hypothesis that the three-toed sloth is the wild reservoir of Q fever in French Guiana.